Garage



April 1954 A. F. BURANELL; 2,676,714

GARAGE Filed March 1, 1950 4 sneets -sheet 2 INVENTOR. ALFRED F. BURANELLI ATTORNEY Ap 7, 1954 A. F. BURANELLI 2,676,714

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I l 0 79 6 7a 80 76) E I I INVENTOR ALFRED F. BURANELLI ATTORNEY April 27,- 1954 A. F. BURANELLI GARAGE Filed March 1. 1950 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 llllllllllllllllll [I'll II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I mm I I I I f a I I I I M w I I Z I I y I I 0 5 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I INVENTOR ALFRED F. BURANELLI Patented Apr. 27, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARAGE Albert F. Buranelli, Jersey City, N. J. Application March 1, 1950, Serial No. 147,090

This invention relates to improvements in garages and has for a principal object the provision of a structure having a plurality of floors, a plurality of vehicle elevators symmetrically disposed in a central shaft in said structure and movable to and from all said floors, a turntable on each floor, a circular track for each turntable, and a circular fireproof wall on each floor about the turntable thereon.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a structure of the character described, in which there are provided in said central shaft, four elevators disposed in the form of a cross, the provision of a plurality of sets 'of tracks on each turntable to accommodate the vehicles to be parked, and the provision of motor-driven means for orienting any track with any one of said elevators. I

A further object of the invention is the provision of a garage structure of the character described, within a building structure, each floor having outside rooms along at least two sides of said structure for use as living quarters, oflices or other purposes, all of which produce revenue for the owner of the building.

Yet another object of the invention is the provision in a building structure of the character described, novel arrangements for handling vehicles to be garaged in and/or delivered therefrom.

Still another object of the invention isthe provision of a building having a garage structure of the character described therein, and the utilization of the irregular spaces about the four elevators, and about the circular walls embracing the turntables, for toilets, rest rooms, stairs, plumbing, electrical conduits, gas lines, refrigeration conduits, telephone cables etc., leaving all of the rectilinear space of the building to produce revenue, in addition to the'revenue' derived from the garage structure.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a garage structure having an effective diameter which substantially equals where L=length of elevator; W=width of elevator; C=chord rise of arc based on 2L; and R=depth of rotor.

Other objects and advantages of the invention 3 Claims. (Cl. 21416.1)

which are given by Figure 1 is a typical floor plan of a multi-story building, showing my improved vehicle parking system surrounded by outside rooms, which might be used for oiiices and/or manufacturing plants, or'for living quarters;

Figure 2 is an elevational view, taken along the lines 2-2 of Figure '1, showing several lower floors, including the basement, and showing the beams or columns to 36 inclusive to form part of the structure.

Within and closely adjacent to a circle 24, which is tangent to eight of the twelve I beams, are four other vertical I beams, 31, 38, 39 and 40, which are respectively half-way between beams 28 and 33, 34 and 21, 3| and 3B, and 35 and 32. This arrangement of the vertical beams, it will be noted, does not follow any standard layout, such as is employed in the rest of the structure.

The circle 24 represents the inner periphery of a turntable 4|, the outer periphery of which is shown at 42. The turntable 41 carries a plurality of rollers 43, 44 which cooperate respectively with circular rail tracks 45 and 46.

Each turntable carries a plurality of pairs of vehicle tracks 41 and 48, and the tracks 41 and 48 of each pair are disposed parallel to a radial center line so that a vehicle such as the vehicle 49 being driven off of an elevator 50 in the shaft 23, enters upon a pair of parallel tracks 41, 48

on the turntable.

The turntable is rotated by means of motordriven mechanism 5| which may include registration means, not shown, for insuring registration of the pairs of tracks with the vehicle elevators,

Since there are four elevators, and since there are twenty-four sets of vehicle tracks on each turntable, each elevator ordinarily takes care of six vehicles on each floor, consequently the -maximum movement of the turntable is through an arc of Each elevator shaft is provided with'suitable doors 52 which, when opened, presents an opening surficiently large for a vehicle on the elevator to pass therethrough and onto the turntable, or from the latter to the former. The elevator in each shaft is provided with suitable vertical guide rails (not shown) and cables 53 which lead up to a motor and control room 54 atop the structure.

A circular wall 55 on each floor encloses the turntable 4| and extends from floor to ceiling, so that in effect the entire parking system is enclosed in a circular wall extending from the main floor to the top of the structure. The circular wall is omitted from the basement floor, as will be hereinafter explained.

The circular walls 55 isolate the parking sys tem from the remainder of the space on each floor as will now be described.

Referring to Figure 2, it will be noted that the circular walls on the several floors are in vertical alignment with each other, and that they contact both the floor and the ce ling on each floor so that conjointly these circular walls and their contents form a multi-floor tubular housing which may be used for parking vehicles, such as automobiles, and/or any other goods, ma-

terials etc. The goods, materials etc. may be carried on dollies or any other rolling device.

In cases where the garage forms a portion of a building which may contain apartments, offices etc. the wall 55, which is formed of fireproof material, isolates the circular garage structure from the rest of the building so that a fire in the circular garage would not necessarily afiect the rest of the building, and likewise a fire in the rest of the building would not affect the garage.

Where the circular garage structure forms a part of a building for such uses as mentioned above it may form the core of the building and is arranged somewhat as shown in Figure l, or it might be displaced from the center of the building in. either direction in accordance with conditions surrounding the lot on which the building is erected. For example, if the lot is a corner lot and the wall 55 were against the blank wall of an adjacent building, the circular garage might be displaced toward the wall 56.

However, in the arrangement shown in Figure 1 it is assumed that the building is placed on a corner lot and that the conditions adjacent to the walls 56 and 57 are such that windowswould be built into these walls, it might be preferable to erect the circular garage in the center of the building. I

The row 5-8 of beams extending across the building in ludes in Figure 1 six beams which form one side of a square wall enclosing the circular garage. Six of the beams in the row 5!! form the opposite wall enclosing .the circular garage. Foul-of the beams in the row form with the end beams in the rows 58 and '59 one wall which joins the walls 58 and 59 to enclose the garage on one side, and on the opposite side four beams in the row 6| together with the leftend beams in the rows 58 and 59 form the opposite and fourth wall enclosing the circular garage. Adjacent to these four walls it may be preferable to have a series of hallways 62, B3, 64 and 65. These halls may communicate with an elevator corridor 66 giving access to passenger elevators in the banks 5'! and 58.

The generally triangular space 69 between the circular wall 55 of the circular garage and the walls 58 and BI may be divided up intoseveral rooms to comprise a womens rest room and toilet entrance l6 and drive down. the

rooms. The generally triangular-shaped space l0 may form a storage room and may also contain up and down stairways ll. The space '12 might contain freight elevators l3 and the janitors room, and the space M might contain mens toilet rooms and up and down Stairways it.

From the above it will be seen that the irregular spaces between the circular garage and the four corner walls are not wasted but instead utilized to the fullest extent, thus leaving all of the rectangular space between the rectangular wall enclosing the circular garage and the exterior walls of the building for income-producing space.

The above arrangements are contemplated on all of the floors of the building except the main floor and the basement.

Figure 3 represents the ground fioor, and the building may be provided with a vehicle entrance IB and a vehicle exit 1?. Communicating with the entrance 16 is a down ramp '18 which leads to the point 19 which is between the ceiling and floor of the basement, Figures 4 and Leading from the point 19 an up ramp Bil leads to the Vehicle exit 11 on the gro nd f The poin 79 is elevated substantially above the flocr oi the basement, and leading down from this point is an up-down ramp 8i which is provided with curved curbs S2 and 83 on each side thereof. The edge 84 of this ramp merges into the floor level along a line which is somewhat tangent to the four central beams in the third row from the bottom, as seen in Figure 4.

By this arrangement vehicles may enter via the ramp l8 and turn right onto the ramp 8| from whence they may be driven along a driveway aisle 85 to be parked in spaces adjacent thereto or from which they may be driven onto any one of the vehicle elevators 20, 2|, 22 or .23 and elevated to any desired floor in the structure. When the elevator containing a vehicle reaches the desired floor the vehicle may be driven off of the elevator and onto any vacant set of tracks 41, 48 which is rotated into alignment with the elevator and the vehicle thereon by means of the motor 5 I.

I consider it good practice to park all or the greater number of vehicles on the several floors, thereby leaving the space on the basement floor available so that the parking attendant may bring the vehicles down to the basement floor and park them temporarily in accordance with the order in which they are to leave the building a short time prior to any rush hour or the like.

Vehicles leaving the basement may be driven along a driveway aisle 86 .and around to the updown ramp 8|. As the vehicle traverses the ramp it is turned right onto the up ramp 89, and it exits via the exit 11 on the ground floor.

Although the main description is given to teach the invention and its use, it will be understood thatalthough the circular walls on the several floors are described as used for storing vehicles they may be equally useful for the storage of goods and commodities either on dollies or trucks either on the turntable or on the floor without the use of the turntable, or such goods may be stored directly on the floors Within the circular walls on each floor.

Although I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be understood that I am not to be limited to the exact details and arrangements shown and described, as many variations may be made in the same Within the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a structure of the character described, a series of circular fireproof walls disposed on a plurality of floors one above the other in axial alignment, an annular turntable on each of said floors, each turntable having its outer periphery adjacent to said circular walls on its floor, each of said turntables also having its inner periphery embracing a circular area on its floor, a square vertical shaft comprised of a series of vertically aligned square holes in said floors having their centers substantially coinciding with the centers of said circular areas, four elevator shaftways common to all said floors and disposed between said vertical shaft and the inner peripheries of said turntables, said shaftways having their front to rear center lines 90 apart and each shaftway having a different Wall of said square shaft as its rear boundary, said structure including spaced apart vertical I beams commonly defining adjacent corners of said square shaft and said shaftways, other sets of pairs of vertical I beams adjacent to the inner peripheries of said turntables, each pair defining the front boundaries of a different one of said shaftways, an elevator in each shaftway, and one door on each floor for each of said elevators between it and. the adjacent inner periphery of the turntable thereon.

2. In a structure of the character described, a series of circular fireproof walls disposed on a plurality of floors, one above the other in axial alignment, an annular turntable on each of said floors each turntable having its outer periphery adjacent to said circular walls on its floor, each of said turntables also having its inner periphery embracing a circular area on its floor, a square vertical shaft comprised of a series of vertically aligned square holes in said floors havingtheir centers substantially coinciding with the centers of said circular areas, four elevator shaftways common to all said floors and common to said square vertical shaft, said shaftways being disposed Within said circular areas with their front to rear center lines disposed 90 apart and cutting each other on the center line of said square vertical shaft and bounded by the inner peripheries of said turntables on said floors, said structure including equally spaced apart vertical I beams defining the four corners of said square vertical shaft and the corners of the rear walls of said elevator shaftways, other sets of pairs of vertical I beams adjacent to the inner peripheries of said turntables, each pair defining the front boundaries of a different one of said shaftways, an elevator in each shaftway, and one door on each floor for each of said elevators between it and the adjacent inner periphery of the turntabl thereon.

3. In a structure of the character described, a series of circular fireproof walls disposed on a plurality of floors, one above the other in axial alignment, an annular turntable on each of said floors each turntable having its outer periphery adjacent to said circular Walls on its floor, each of said turntables also having its inner periphery embracing a circular area on its fioor, a square vertical shaft within said areas extending through each floor and having its axis substantially coinciding with the centers of said circular areas, four elevator shaftways common to all floors of said structure, disposed within said areas and each having its back wall adjoining a different side of and at least partially definin said vertical passage, said structure including spaced apart vertical I beams commonly defining adjacent corners of said square shaft and said shaftways, other sets of pairs of vertical I beams adjacent to the inner peripheries of said turntables, each pair defining the front boundaries of a diiferent one of said shaftways, four other I beams disposed substantially half way between each set of said second beam near said inner periphery, all said beams cooperating to reinforce and support said structure, an elevator in each shaftway, and one door on each floor for each of said elevators between it and the adjacent inner periphery of the turntable thereon.

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